Welcome to the Ontario Justice Education Network
Key areas
TEACHER RESOURCES
Our resources are legally accurate, curriculum-linked, and tested with students.
The OBA/OJEN Competitive Mock Trials for High School Students
Join your local mock trial tournament.
TRAINING
Continuing Professional Development, facilitator training, and video resources.
ABOUT OJEN
Find out more about who we are and what we do.
JUSTICE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
We run programs in community settings and with special audiences.
BOOK A COURTHOUSE VISIT
Bring your class or youth group to visit a courthouse and watch court.
BOOK A GUEST SPEAKER
We can connect you with a legal expert who can talk to your audience.
Get Involved
Volunteer, donate, or work with us.
OJEN NEWS
New Ontario Trillium Foundation Funding
OJEN is pleased to announce new funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to pilot the Family Law for Young Mothers program in the Hamilton area. Family Law for Young Mothers: Challenge and Change, is program for vulnerable young women who are pregnant or have babies. While becoming a mother is in itself enormously challenging, […]
OJEN Partners on Access to Justice Week Conference
On October 31st, OJEN (Ontario Justice Education Network), CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario), and the Law Society of Ontario presented a day-long conference as part of Ontario’s 4thannual Access to Justice Week. Widening the Circle: Public Legal Education and Access to Justice, addressed current and emerging topics in public legal education and information. In his […]
FROM THE OJEN BLOG
Inspiring Diverse Young Women in Waterloo Region
On November 5th, the Waterloo OJEN Committee hosted the 2nd annual Braiding Diversity into Justice – a day long program for young women from racialized and/or marginalized communities to learn about careers in law. Approximately 30 young women met at the Waterloo Region Courthouse to connect with female professionals working in the justice sector. The […]
Youth-Police Dialogues Update
OJEN’s Youth-Police Dialogues (YPD) Program is in high gear this fall with the multi-session workshops taking place simultaneously in five communities throughout Ontario. In Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston, Sudbury, and Ottawa, youth and police officers are coming together to challenge stereotypes, build rapport, and improve community relations. Now in the second year of a three year […]